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BBC News
44 minutes ago
- Health
- BBC News
Former Hibs player sues club over training injury from manager
A former Hibernian player is suing the Scottish Premiership club over injuries suffered in a training game involving an for Jake Doyle-Hayes said the midfielder's career had been "greatly restricted" by the ankle issue sustained in a tackle with Lee Johnson in 26, who also played for St Mirren and Aston Villa, raised a compensation action against the club at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday.A Hibs spokesperson said the club was aware of the claim. Doyle-Hayes left the Easter Road side by mutual consent in January and subsequently joined Sligo Rovers in the League of made 69 appearances for the club between 2021 and 2024, but just six of those came in his last two seasons. On his release, the club said that Doyle-Hayes' playing time "had been hampered by injury over the last two seasons".The Republic of Ireland youth international's lawyers said that was down to "horrific injuries" suffered in the incident during the training underwent surgery as a result of the tackle by Johnson in Solicitors, representing Doyle-Hayes, said they could not comment on the figure sought by the player but said the potential loss of earnings was argue that, without the injury, his career would have continued at a higher level. 'Derailed by mismanagement' Joel Shaw, partner at the firm, said the midfielder's career had been "lost" as a result of the said: "The impact of this has greatly restricted his career."These injuries should never have happened and were incurred due to incompetent and incoherent decisions made by his manager."Jake's career has been derailed by mismanagement and ineptitude. A career has been lost to this athlete." Johnson, who previously managed Bristol City and Sunderland, was sacked by Hibs in August was most recently interim manager at Lommel SK in the second tier of Belgian declined to comment when contacted by BBC Scotland News.A Hibs spokesperson said: "The club is aware of the claim, however as an ongoing matter shall not be commenting further at this stage."
The Sun
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Sun
$197m NBA superstar Zion Williamson accused of rape and ‘abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior'
FORMER overall No. 1 draft pick and New Orleans Pelicans superstar Zion Williamson has been accused of rape, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday. The lawsuit details multiple years of alleged abusive behavior towards Williamson's ex-girlfriend, including physical threats against her and her family. 2 2 The suit was submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday. The plaintiff accused Williamson of "abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior," according to Puck reporter Eriq Gardner. Her legal team released a statement regarding the lawsuit against Williamson. "We and our client do not want to litigate this case in the press," Lanier Law Firm's Sam Taylor said, via Daily Mail. "However, I will say this is a very serious case as reflected in the Complaint filed in Los Angeles County. "Our client looks forward to her day in court before a jury of her peers to obtain justice in this matter." The plaintiff makes stunning accusations in the lawsuit, with mentions of Williamson threatening to kill her. "Threatening to have his paid security guard shoot Plaintiff in the head while the security guard was present and carrying a loaded firearm multiple times in Louisiana between 2020 and 2023," one claim reads. "Threatening to have his paid security guard kill Plaintiff's parents, after informing Plaintiff that he knows their home address multiple times in Louisiana between 2020 and 2023," another claim says. "Monitoring Plaintiff's location at all hours, monitoring who Plaintiff was with, calling her repeatedly," another portion of the lawsuit claims. Zion Williamson storms out of NBA media day after bizarre question as New Orleans Pelicans star prepares for season----- "Following her home from work or sending his friends to follow her, continuously taking and going through her phone and laptop... "Entering her apartment without permission and rifling through her belongings... "Lying in wait at her apartment for her to return in California and Louisiana between 2020 and 2023."
Forbes
an hour ago
- General
- Forbes
Epstein Accuser Sues Federal Government For Allegedly Ignoring Sexual Abuse Claims
One of Jeffrey Epstein's earliest accusers filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, accusing the FBI of refusing to act on her claims since she first reported sexual abuse nearly 30 years ago, as the Trump administration's FBI faces greater scrutiny about the Epstein-related documents it has repeatedly promised to release. Maria Farmer, who first brought sexual abuse claims against Epstein to the FBI in 1996, sued the federal government in Washington, D.C. federal court on Thursday, alleging the FBI 'chose to do absolutely nothing' after she warned the agency about Epstien's alleged sex crimes. According to Farmer's lawsuit, she said she was sexually assaulted by Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, while she stayed at Epstein's estate as an 'artist-in-residence' in 1996, and she accused them of stealing nude images of her minor sisters which Farmer had kept and used for her paintings. While reporting her concerns to the FBI, Farmer said the agency hung up on her and failed to follow up or properly investigate, and she accused the agency of violating its Manual for Investigative Operations and Guidelines, which tasks the FBI with investigating violations of federal law. Farmer also alleged she contacted the FBI in 2023 to request the agency investigate why it had ignored her complaints, to which the FBI allegedly responded they had other 'priorit[ies] right now' and would 'further assess' at a later time. Farmer said the FBI's alleged negligence 'allowed Epstein to continue to sex traffic and sexually exploit girls and young women for years' and that 'countless young women and girls would have been spared' if her concerns were investigated earlier. Farmer's lawsuit calls out Attorney General Pam Bondi, whom she notes has claimed the FBI possesses 'thousands' of videos of child pornography from Epstein, stating her claims 'could have been corroborated with minimal investigatory effort.' Farmer is an artist and painter who met Epstein and Maxwell in the mid-1990s when she was in her mid-20s, who purchased some of her work and later hired her as an art scout for his collection. Farmer said Epstein encouraged her to live in his New Albany, Ohio, home during the summer of 1996 as an 'artist-in-residence,' where Farmer said he and Maxwell sexually assaulted her in late July or early August. She accused Epstein and Maxwell of attempting to silence her by buying her off and warning 'bad things would happen to her' if she spoke up, according to Farmer's lawsuit. In 2019, Farmer filed an affidavit in New York federal court as part of another Epstein-related lawsuit accusing Epstein and Maxwell of sexual assault. Farmer also blamed Victoria's Secret billionaire Les Wexner, a close Epstein associate who owned the property Epstein's home was on. Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have repeatedly promised for months to release documents relating to Epstein, though they have not provided a timeline, provoking criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. The Justice Department released what it called the 'first phase' of documents in a flashy reveal with right-wing influencers in February, though most of these documents were already leaked or publicly available. In March, Bondi said she had received a 'truckload' of documents from the FBI without offering a timeline for their release. Patel said in an interview Wednesday the FBI is 'diligently' working on releasing Epstein documents, stating it 'takes time to go through years of investigations.' Both Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino said in interviews this week they have video proving Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019, rebuffing a long-held conspiracy theory that he was killed because of his connections to the political and social elite. While campaigning for the presidency in 2024, President Donald Trump—who was named in Epstein's flight logs from the 1990s but has not been linked to his crimes—said in an interview with podcaster Lex Fridmann he would be 'inclined' to release documents related to Epstein if he won the election. The case mirrors multiple lawsuits that have accused the government of ignoring Epstein accusers' claims. A group of eight Epstein accusers previously sued the federal government in September in D.C. federal court, similarly accusing the FBI of failing to investigate allegations of sexual abuse for decades. The women said they were abused by Epstein and his associates between 2002 and 2017. Twelve Epstein accusers sued the government in New York federal court in February 2024, alleging the FBI 'permitted Jeffrey Epstein to sex traffic and sexually abuse scores of children and young women' by failing to 'investigate the reports, tips, and evidence it had of rampant sexual abuse and sex trafficking by Epstein.' FBI leaders say jail video shows Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide (NBC News) Attorney General Bondi Again Says More Epstein Files Are Coming—But Doesn't Give Timeline (Forbes)
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS NBA star Zion Williamson accused of rape
NBA superstar and former first-overall draft pick Zion Williamson has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by a woman identified as Jane Doe claiming to be his former girlfriend. The New Orleans Pelicans power forward is accused of a continuing pattern of 'abusive, controlling, and threatening behavior toward Plaintiff,' according to the filing shared online by Puck News' Eriq Gardner. Daily Mail has reached out for comment to Doe's attorney and Williamson's agent for comment.
CBS News
2 hours ago
- General
- CBS News
Former Dolton mayor Tiffany Henyard could be jailed if she doesn't show up to court Friday
Tiffany Henyard could be jailed if she doesn't show up to court Friday Tiffany Henyard could be jailed if she doesn't show up to court Friday Tiffany Henyard could be jailed if she doesn't show up to court Friday Former Dolton mayor Tiffany Henyard could is due in court on Friday, and could be put in jail if she fails to show up. Henyard is due in court for failing to produce records in a lawsuit against her and the village over documents she hasn't handed over as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. A judge previously said Henyard could be fined $1,000 a day if she doesn't give the documents to the plaintiff's lawyer. If Henyard doesn't show up to court Friday, she could be thrown in jail. Henyard is the subject of an expanded federal investigation into the finances and spending in south suburban Dolton and how taxpayer money was spent in neighboring Thornton Township, where she was the supervisor. She is also being sued by Jedidiah Brown, who accuses Henyard and several other people of attacking him during a brawl that erupted at a Thornton Township board meeting in late January.
